Paper doll and dress for same



(No Model.)

M. T. JONES. PAPER DOLL AND DRESS FOR SAME.

No. 564,078. Patented July 14, 1896.'

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

MARIANA T. JONES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER DOLL AND DRESS FOR SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,078, dated July 14,1896.

Application filed lVIarch 3, 1896. Serial lTo. 581,633. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIANA T. JONES, of Boston, (Jamaica Plain,) in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new andImproved Paper Doll and Dresses for the Same, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to so construct the body of apaper dolland the dresses for the said body that the dresses may be held firmly tothe body, and whereby the doll when dressed may be handled with impunitywithout. fear of the costume dropping from the body of said doll.

Another object of the invention is to provide fastening devices forattaching the costume to the body of a doll, said fastening devicesbeing constructed in an exceedingly simple, durable, and economicmanner, and likewise so that said fastening devices may be expeditiouslyand conveniently applied to the body of the doll.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the body portion of a paper doll. Fig.2 is a rear elevation of a costume to be applied to the body of thedoll. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the tabs or fasteningdevices detached from the costume and adapted to hold the costumeclosely to the body of the doll; and Fig. at is a horizontal sectionthrough the body of the doll, a costume placed thereon, and likewise ahorizontal section through sundry of the fastening devices.

Heretofo're in the construction of paper dolls the dresses or costumestherefor have been held upon the body of the doll by means of tabs whichare attached to the costume near the neck portion, being simply bentover the shoulders of the body of the doll. When such a connection ismade between the body of the doll and the costume, the said costumehangs loosely on the doll-body, and if the doll is not handled carefullythe costume will move laterally and even vertically to such an extent asto displace the costume or entirely separate it from the body of thedoll.

The prime object of this invention is to overcome such defects and toprovide a means whereby the costume may be held firmly to the bodyportion of the doll. To that end, at suitable points on the back of thecostume A, one or more tabs B are secured'thereto, and, as shown in Fig.3, these tabs are preferably made of a paper cover orbody 10 and alining 11, of linen or fabric of any description, to reinforce theaforesaid body or covering of paper.

The tab preferably consists of what maybe termed a shank a, which issecured in any suitable or approved manner upon the inner face of thecostume and is bent upon itself, so that the shank may fold down uponand substantially close to the said costume, and a lip-section a,whichis integral with the shank, together with a handle-section a formed uponwhat is practically the outer face of the tab, and located at thejunction of the lip a with the shank a, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.Ordinarily one of these tabs B is secured to the costume at each side ofthe neck portion and at each side of the skirt-section of said costume,as shown particularly in Fig. 2.

The body 0 of the doll has slots 12 made therein, having practically thesame location with respect to the body that the tabs B have with respectto the costume. In dressing a doll the costume is placed in the usualway upon the body of said doll, and the tabs are carried over the marginof the body of the doll, while the lip-sections a of the tabs are passedthrough the slots 12 in the doll-body, as shown in Fig. 4. In thismanner the costume will be held firmly and securely in engagement withthe body of the doll, and said dressed doll may be handled with impunitywithout displacing the applied costume, as heretofore stated.

If in practice it is found desirable, and especially if the body of thedoll is made of a very thick material, the edge of the slots 12 adjacentto the tabs of the costume may be and preferably is beveled, so as toprovide for aperfect engagement between the body of the doll and theapplied costume.

If in practice it is found desirable, the handle portion a of the tabsmay be omitted, but

said handle portion or section is preferably retained, since it may beemployed to advantage in introducing and locating the lip portions ofthe tabs in the body portion of the doll.

Both the doll-body, the costume, and the attachments are made of paperor an equivalent material, strengthened by one or more layers of linenor other fabric, whereby the parts are rendered comparativelyindestructible.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A doll-figure having openings at predeterminedportions of the same and a covering for the said figure, and tabssecured to the inner face of the said covering, the tabs comprising abody and a lip together with a handle-section, whereby said tabs aremanipulated, the tabs being so arranged on the covering as to admit oftheir being passed over the margins of the doll-body, and the lipportions of the tabs being entered into the openings in the saiddoll-body, thereby securely fastening the covering to the figure of thedoll in a manner to prevent the displacement of the former, as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. A doll having a figure with an opening therein, a cover for thefigure and a tab fixed to the cover, the tab having a portion capable ofextending around the edge of the figure to the back thereof and suchportion being formed with a lip-section capable of entering the openingin the figure and with a handlesection by which the tab may bemanipulated, substantially as described.

3. A doll having a figure with an opening therein, a cover for thefigure and a tab sooured to the cover and having a portion capable ofextending over the edge of the figure and to the back thereof, suchportion being also capable of passing from the back into the opening inthe figure and extending to the front side thereof, substantially asdescribed.-

4. A doll having a figure formed with an opening therein, a cover forthe figure, and a" tab secured to the cover, the tab being formed of aflexible strip and being bent to form a shank which extends into ahandle-section, the tab being then bent back in the direction of theshank and finally outward to form a lipsection and the tab being capableof extending over the edge of the figure so that the shank will lie atthe back of the figure and the lip-section Will pass forwardly throughthe opening therein, substantially as described.

MARIANA T. .TQNES. \Vitnesses:

M. E. S. IIIRTLE, .T. EDWIN JONES.

